Harness-saddle



modification of the housing and fasteningA A. D. BROWN, or" NEW vronigrrx.

rHARNESS-SADDLIIE f Specification Iofl Letters Patent No. 5,822, dated October 3, 1848. f

To'aZZ'fwwm t mag/concern.'

Be it known that I, ANDREW D". BROWN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented sundry new and useful Improvements in my Improved Manner of Combining the Pad and Housing ofI-Iarnesses for Coaches, Buggies, &c.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification.

Figure l, is a longitudinal section through the center of a pad and housing, constructed and combined in accordance with my latest improvements, and Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 8, represent in detail, the various partsv of the same. Fig. 6 represents, in perspective, a

plates. c

Similar letters indicate like parts in all the gures.

The nature of my improvements'consist in forming the housing plate a, of sheet metal, having hanches-curved inward-at its edges, projecting above and below the sides of the plate; and in securing the edges of the pad leather under the lower flanches by means of metallic fastening plates with notched edges, as hereinafter set forth; and also in combining with the housing and fastening plates, a cast arch piece b, for imparting to the same the requisite degree of stiffness.

'Ihe housing plate a, is struck into the proper form by means of dies, in a manner well known to Workers in sheet metal. The upper flanches 7c, lc, and the under flanges are curved inward attheir extremities, as represented in the drawings. The edges of the fastening plates a, c, are notched, and the plates are struck into the form represented in Figs. 4 and 7. The fastening plates c, c, are secured to the under side of the housing plate by rivets, leaving just space enough between the notched edges of the fastening plates and the extremities of the flanches g, g, to pass the edges of the pad leather between them, as shown in Fig. 4.

After the edges of the pad leather have been inserted between the fastening plates c, c, and the flanches g, g, the curves are forced out of the fastening plates; by which means their notched edges are driven into the recesses under the flanches g, g,-as rep- 'that notches or saw edges-'howeven'hold the the pad leather and holding it securely.

may be either straight ornotched; Ifind pad leather much more securely. `If Vpreferred, the fastening plates may beA curvedy finto the form represented in Fig. -5,."a'nd secured to the housing plate by forcingr them down upon the same, and driving their edges, (notched or straight,) under the anches g, g,-at the same time securing the pad leather in the recesses under the ianches.

The nuts into which the terrets E, E, and the screwsf, f, are screwed, pass up through the housing plate a, and have flanches projecting from their lower ends, which are riveted to the housing plates. The stifening arch piece Z), passes over the crown of the housing plate a, its extremities extending a short distance below the nuts which hold the terrets. Y A recess is cast in the under side of the crown ofthe arch piece, which receives the nut that holds the check hook F; the crupper loop G, is cast in one piece -with the arch piece. 4

The arch piece corresponds in thickness with the suspension straps p, p. The extremities of the arch piece are beveled olf,

resented in Fig. Si--they teeth penetrating i asare also the upper ends of the straps p, p,

and are united to each other by a scarf ing the same. The housing leather s, is fitted between the ianches 7c, laf-over the arch piece b, and the straps @gg-and is secured by the curved edges of the fianches, the check hook F, the terrets, E, E, and the screws f, f. An aperture is cut out Aof the crown of the housing plate a, through which the nut that holds the check hoo-k F, is passed yup vinto the recess in the under side of the arch piece Z).

The upper ends of the pieces of leather that form the under side of each pad are secured in close proximity to the housing plate a, by means of the transverse plate h,- which is made fast under the arch of the housing plate by having its ends forced out-- ward into the recesses under the flanches g, g; as represented in Fig. 8.

Fig. 6, represents a modification in which I dispense with the flanchesl g, g, on the under side of the edges of the housing plate a, and confine the fastening plates o, o, to the housing plate a, by means of rows of rivets near each edge of the fastening plates, passing through apertures-in the housing plate; the edges of the pad leathers being secured between the edges of the fastening plates and the housing plates.

Having thus fully described my improvements in the manner 0f constructing and combining the pads and housings of harnesses, for coaches, buggies, &c., what l claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The peculiar form of the sheet mtal housing plate a, caused by the addition of the lower flanches, (or ledges,) g, g, constructed substantially in the manner herein set forth.

2. In also claim the securing the pieces of 20 leather forming the under side of the pads, with the housing plate forming the upper side of the same, by means of the fastening plates c, @,with notched (or plain) edges, arranged and combined with the flanches g, g, substantially in the manner herein set forth.

.3. I also claim the combination of the housing plate and pads combined in the manner herein described, with the stiffening arch piece b, the straps p, p, and the housing leather s, Vsubstantially in the .manner herein set forth.

ANDREW D. BROWN.

Witnesses: y.

Z. C. RoBBINs, 1 GUY C. HUMPHRIES. 

